Palliative, palliative or palliative?

[...]when the end of life is near, physical capacities are extremely poor, QOL is deeply altered and the patient needs assistance with all daily living activities. Heterogeneity is also found to characterize the end of life: “end-of-life”, “terminal illness”, “actively dying” and corresponding ways...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care (London, England) England), 2021-06, Vol.25 (1), p.1-203, Article 203
Hauptverfasser:	Robert, René, Goldberg, Michel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer Critical care Critical care medicine Disease Humanities and Social Sciences Life Sciences Linguistics Medical prognosis Methods Palliative care Palliative treatment Patients Semantics Terminology Ventilators
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]when the end of life is near, physical capacities are extremely poor, QOL is deeply altered and the patient needs assistance with all daily living activities. Heterogeneity is also found to characterize the end of life: “end-of-life”, “terminal illness”, “actively dying” and corresponding ways to treat the patient: "care of the dying", "terminal care", “transition of care”, "quality-of-life care" [6]. [...]we suggest the new word "pallitative" to characterize palliative care focused on end-of-life support.
ISSN:	1364-8535 1364-8535 1366-609X 1466-609X
DOI:	10.1186/s13054-021-03633-2